Search result count
Contents
Syntax
<txp:search_result_count />
The search_result_count tag is a single tag that returns the number of (live) articles returned by an article tag.
- Wrap with if_search tags to count search results.
- Use in a regular article list page by wrapping with if_article_list to count articles in that section.
- Use on the front (default) page to count the number of articles in sections with On default page set to Yes.
Attributes
Tag will accept the following attributes (case-sensitive) as well as the global attributes :
text="text"- Text to display with the number of matches.
- Default:
articles found.
Examples
Example 1: Display number of search matches or articles in current section
<txp:if_search>
<txp:search_result_count />
<txp:else />
<txp:if_article_list>
<txp:search_result_count text="articles" />
</txp:if_article_list>
</txp:if_search>
<txp:article />
If the visitor is searching for articles, it will show the number of articles that matched the search term (e.g. 5) as follows: 5 articles found. Otherwise, if Textpattern is displaying an article list, it will display the number of articles like this: 42 articles.
Note: The if_search conditional tag is required to recognize actual search results. Without it, the number of articles is returned by default.
Other tags used: article, if_search, if_article_list.
Example 2: Number of matches, using custom text
<txp:if_search_results>
<txp:search_result_count text="hits" />
</txp:if_search_results>
Displays the number of articles returned (e.g. 5) as follows: 5 hits.
Other tags used: if_search_results.
Example 3: Regular (live) article count
<txp:if_article_list>
<txp:search_result_count text="articles" />
<txp:article limit="20" />
</txp:if_article_list>
Displays the number of articles in the current section, then displays them as an article listing, 20 per page.
Other tags used: article, if_article_list.